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Dance for Change: A Conversation with Robert Magasa

Dance for Change: A Conversation with Robert Magasa

Update: 2022-10-26

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Robert Magasa is an experienced dancer, choreographer, and actor who trained in Zimbabwe and now runs UjeNi Dance Ensemble Theatre in Malawi. In this interview, Magasa discusses his career, the economics of producing theatre in Malawi, and his current work to bring a combination of traditional and Afro contemporary dance to schoolchildren in Malawi.

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Dance for Change: A Conversation with Robert Magasa

Dance for Change: A Conversation with Robert Magasa

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